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There was only one problem with Tim Bradford’s new house.
It also belonged to Lucy Chen, and Tamara, the teenager she would do anything to keep.
Now, due to a legal mess neither of them can untangle without risking everything, they’re stuck sharing it.
Two strangers, one home, and a thousand reasons to keep their distance.
That would be easier if Lucy wasn’t trying to hold her family together…
and if Tim wasn’t slowly starting to feel like part of it.Bookmarked by Only1_4mel
20 May 2026
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Tim Bradford wakes up after a brutal operation expecting nothing more than another morning of work. Instead, he finds Los Angeles empty. No traffic. No neighbors. No birds. Just silence stretching for miles.
He thinks he’s alone—until he meets Lucy Chen, barefoot in a bikini and raiding the precinct’s booking room. She’s been here for weeks, navigating the emptiness with stubborn optimism and just enough chaos to make his blood pressure spike.
Thrown together by circumstance, Tim and Lucy carve out a strange new normal: shared meals, card games, late-night conversations, and the reluctant comfort of not being alone. The city may be deserted, but the pull between them is anything but quiet.
The problem? Neither of them can explain what happened, why they’re here, or how to get out. And the longer they’re trapped, the harder it is to ignore that surviving the silence might mean facing feelings them both keep trying to deny.
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01 May 2026